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gkcdk

Jim West scares the shit out of me....slow and deliberate movements around him at all times, hah.

murphmobile

At this point in my life, I'm very skeptical if someone makes claims out of the blue that they served in any capacity.

Pave Low John

Phonies. Yeah, they're a lot of them out there. Funniest story about phonies I ever heard was from one of my enlisted planners when I was the chief of plans at a Pave Low squadron. We had sent "Action" Jackson up to Dam Neck to do some coordination for an upcoming exercise with DEVGROUP. A couple of their guys took Action out for some dinner one night and they happened to be at The Raven. Big hang-out for SEALs, apparently. Action was up at the bar getting another pitcher and some douche-bag bumps into him and gives me some lip. Action saw that the guy had a polo shirt with a little trident on it but doesn't say anything and just goes back to the table. The two DEVGROUP guys ask him about the little exchange and he goes "Ah, just having some words with one of your local phonies." The two SEALs stand up, walk over and start button-holing the guy. Turns out he had never been in the Navy, much less Special Warfare. They didn't kick his ass but they do make him take the polo shirt off right there in the middle of the bar and give it to them before he scurried away in shame.
At this point in my life, I'm very skeptical if someone claims they were SF, SEAL, Marine Recon or S/S, anything like that. Unless they know some of the same people I know and can describe them enough to convince me, I assume they're phonies until proven otherwise. It sucks, but there it is....